/*
 * This file is Copyright 2002-2006 Loyola University Chicago,
 * Department of Computer Science and the Emerging Technologies Laboratory.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License via
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.citep.web.gwt.module;

import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.*;

public interface CitepModule {

	/* This should be called before the module is to be displayed, along with
	 * an initialization parameter.
	 * Example, if you are displaying an 'edit account' module, this would be
	 * a good place to set the account_id
	 */
	public void init(Object param);
	
	//returns the current instance
	public Presentation getPresentation();

	//called just before this module is hidden
	public void onHide();
	//called just before this module is shown
	public void onShow();
}
